The last one of last week's shoot.

BMW cafe racer

BMW/CB 750 caferacer: video

I am gathering old (and newer) video footage of my bikes to make a short video. Biggest problem for me while making video's: Chosing appropriate background music. Suggestions are welcome :)

Spotted: BMW cafe racer

I saw this bike on a local ride. Didn't have a pen and paper with me, so I'll go back someday to stick a note on it asking if I can take better photo's some time.

I really like them 'I'm being used' patina of the bike.

Cold nights

My BMW Cafe racer

I took the opportunity (dry roads) to try and see what remote flashing a black bike in the dark would look like. Well, it looks like this:

Great 70's motorcycle safety video

Via motor-forum

Parts for the SR

A few weeks ago I posted a report of the Vehikel swap meet. This is what we found for the SR:

Not too sure this tank will fit over the wide backbone, but we'll find a way

Tail light.

It has a nice 60's-70's look

Search light from a Willy's JEEP. At least, that's what the seller told us, but it will make a fine headlight.

A selection of handlebars so we can see what fits best. All these parts were dirt cheap, so we can easily sell what we're not using without losing money

I'm now also officially for hire as a horse photographer, I was getting so many requests it was the only logical thing to do. The CB is doing a great job getting me to where I need to be with all the camera gear.

Finally: We started on the SR500

We found some time to start on the SR500, finally. When we bought it, the guy told us that the woner before him had reconditioned the engine, but it was laying smoke screens that would make the US army jealous, so we knew it either wasn't reconditioned, or we should not be happy that it was....

So the first priority: Get the engine out and find out what's wrong. Here we go!

It's all in pretty bad shape, but hey, we payed for a bike in bad shape.

It's been collecting more than just dust...

Finally, the engine is out, now let's see what the insides look like

They don't look good. The inlet part of the camshaft is 'square', we need to replace the shaft.

It looks like something has gone through the engine. Maybe one of the valves broke? They look new and it might be the reason why the engine was reconditioned.

The exhaust bolt thread isn't looking pretty either

What to say about this? There seem to be honing traces in the cylinder, but they are only visible on the photo, I did not see them in real life... The cylinder looks far more scratched then it is, but I'm pretty sure this is the reason for the extreme oil consumption.

As you can see: It's not in a great shape. We don't mind about the rolling part, anything that's not good on it was planned to be thrown away anyway, we do mind about the engine. I think the oil burning is caused by honing/drilling out the cylinder without replacing the piston. We'll have to measure it and see. The very least we're looking at is honing the cylinder again and finding a new piston and camshaft.

First ride of the year

It's a tradition: On January 1st I go for a ride. No matter what the weather forecast says. I got wet this year :)

Oh, and Happy new year to you all!